Monthly Archives: March 2011

Today’s stuff: nettle soup, radioactive iodine and combating torture

Posted on March 27, 2011 by biowrite

Two superficially mundane activities today:  making few-flowered leek and nettle soup and filling out my census form.  In the world we live in, however, neither of these things is as simple as you might think. For my thoughts on what … Continue reading →

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The Census 2011: a letter to my MEP

Posted on March 25, 2011 by biowrite

UPDATE:  Read what has happened since I first wrote to my MP. Read the response from my MEP’s office to the letter I sent to him. CACI Ltd has been given an £18.5 million contract for key information technology work … Continue reading →

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The Scottish Census 2011 and torture

Posted on March 25, 2011 by biowrite

UPDATE:  I have now sent a letter, based on the draft below, to my MP.  Watch this space for further news. I  do not want to be complicit in torture, and so am considering not returning my census form directly … Continue reading →

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